OUR LEADERSHIP

THE STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR BEHIND THE SCENES WORK

TEAM

Chris A. Taylor BHCM Executive Director

CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR

Chief Executive Officer

Chris is the Executive Director of Therapeutic Life Choices, LLC. He has been with TLC since its inception in 2015. He brings over 40 years of experience as a behavioral health professional. Inspiration for serving over four decades in this industry is rooted in his passion for seeing the improvement in the quality of life from helping his clients make their own unique therapeutic life choices. He is a collector of Native American art, enjoys ballet performances and volunteers as Chaplain for the Tulsa Police Department.

TIARA DELONIA

Clinical Director

Tiara has been with Therapeutic Life Choices since January 2020. She holds licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and earned a certification as a continuing education coordinator through the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers. Tiara brings 12 years of professional experience working with diverse populations in the fields of mental health and drug court, child welfare, co-occurring disorders, juvenile probation, addiction recovery, crisis intervention and stabilization, suicide prevention, domestic violence intervention, and school based mental health. Tiara graduated as an Honors Scholar from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s in psychology and The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa with a master’s in social work. Tiara has a passion for working with people and empowering the quality of life for others.

Vadim Yerokhin, PhD Director of Research and Innovation

VADIM YEROKHIN, PhD

Director of Research and Innovation

Director of Education

Vadim is the Director of Research and Innovation, as well as the Director of Education at Therapeutic Life Choices (TLC). Vadim maintains staff training through continual medical education and certifications for the TLC staff. He also led the launch of the TeleMedicine program at TLC, which now supports all remote therapy sessions offered at TLC. He is in charge of the general upkeep and maintenance of the IT needs at TLC. He received his Bachelor of Science in Nueroscience at Union College, where he worked in the Healthy Aging and Neuropsychology Laboratory. He then served as a Teach for America corps member for two years in Baltimore, Maryland, where he studied Urban Education at Johns Hopkins University School of Education before receiving his PhD for his work in Neuroscience at Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Sciences. Vadim is passionate about all aspects of the least explored organ known to man--the human brain. He has worked in the clinical, as well as academic neurosurgical setting to find answers to several difficult questions about the human nervous system. To learn more about his work and to see his publications, please visit vadimyerokhin.com/cv